3.0.0 1831 2023-01-11T13:50:02Z 2023-01-11T13:50:02Z Senate S 2021-05-26 117 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-26T15:44:16Z Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021 117 3519 HR 2021-05-25 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Related bill CRS 2021-05-26 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-07-29 False P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2021-09-14 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2022-03-23 False Agriculture and Food Cardiovascular and respiratory health Child health Educational facilities and institutions Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Food assistance and relief Infectious and parasitic diseases Nutrition and diet Agriculture and Food 00 2021-05-26 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-13T16:01:51Z Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021

This bill establishes a permanent program and provides funds for electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards to cover meals for children during extended school closures.

Specifically, the Department of Agriculture must establish a program to provide EBT cards to cover meals for children who are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program when a school is closed, operating remotely, or a combination of both for a period of five days or more. Cards may be used to purchase food from approved retailers under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

]]> Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021 Display Title Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a permanent, nationwide electronic benefits transfer program for children during school closures, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Stop Child Hunger Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1831is/xml/BILLS-117s1831is.xml 2021-05-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.